Finding Eli

By Christiaan Matthys Hattingh

Some disappearances fade with time. Others never let you go.

When Jason Mercer returns to the small town of Windmere, he isn't just chasing a ghost-he's chasing the truth. Eighteen years ago, his friend Eli Sanders vanished into the woods without a trace. The official story called it an accident. Jason never believed that.
Now a detective, Jason is drawn back by a mysterious sketch-a copy of one of Eli's chilling drawings, mailed anonymously. As he digs into the past, memories resurface: a crooked tree in a silent clearing, a figure too tall to be human, and a boy who saw things no one else could.

The deeper Jason goes, the more he uncovers: silence from those who should have spoken, truths buried beneath fear, and a darkness in the woods that never left. Each page of Eli's old sketchbook reveals something new-something Jason doesn't remember drawing.
Somewhere between memory and madness, the forest is waiting. And it remembers.

Finding Eli is a haunting supernatural mystery about guilt, grief, and the shadows that follow us home.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FCYP8Z64
• ISBN13: 9798287339333
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"